Camille Ammoun

Camille Ammoun is a nonresident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center. His research focuses on climate change, political economy, and urban development. Previously, he spent a decade in Dubai working on public policies related to urban metabolism, sustainability, and resilience. Currently, he serves as a policy advisor on climate action for various international organizations, focusing on the Persian Gulf and the Levant.

Ammoun uses psychogeography to examine contemporary urban issues through literature. He is the author of Ougarit, a novel exploring Dubai and the 21st-century city. He also wrote Octobre Liban, a nonfiction narrative spanning the period from the Lebanese uprising of October 17, 2019, to the Beirut Port explosion of August 4, 2020. He is a member of the International Writers’ House in Beirut (Beyt el-Kottab). He holds MSc degrees from Sciences Po and HEC, both in Paris, a BA in economics from Saint-Joseph University in Beirut.